Saddam Hussein greeted me with a handshake, which, again to my surprise, is surprisingly soft considering how many people that hand had dispatched, allegedly. I think he's quite a forbidding presence, too forbidding a presence to be charming. But he's interesting.
George Galloway quote A deeply wounding dagger through my political heart [on allegations linking him to Saddam bribes]
George Galloway quote These allegations have caused my reputation severe damage which needs to be repaired [on allegations linking him to Saddam bribes]
George Galloway quote All the people you have killed, all the lies you have told have come back to haunt you and the best thing the Labour Party can do is sack you tomorrow morning [to Tony Blair, election 2005]
George Galloway quote Close to illegal, if not illegal [on Labour's postal vote strategy]
George Galloway quote Mr Blair, this is for Iraq [on being elected MP for Bethnal Green and Bow]
George Galloway quote Who paid me hundreds of thousands of dollars? The answer to that is nobody and if you had anybody who paid me a penny you would have produced them here today.
George Galloway quote I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him. The difference is that Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and to give him maps the better to target those guns.
George Galloway quote Biography
Former MP and staunch government critic, most known for meeting with Saddam Hussein in person. He was elected an MP again for his own Respect party defeating Oona King in a well publicised battle on key issues such as Iraq.
Also known for the most cringeworthy moment of TV history when performing a little too well as a cat on celebrity Big Brother in the UK out-acting Rula Lenska in the process